Why should Alexander grants rights to the Polish and to the Fins but not to the Russians?
為什么亞歷山大要給波蘭和芬蘭權利而不給本國人民呢
Catherine had refused to help Britain put down the American Revolution,
凱瑟琳拒絕幫助英國人鎮壓美國的革命
but her successors were not pleased by the fact that educated Russians, the so-called intelligentsia,
但她的繼任者卻對受過教育的俄國人或者說所謂的知識分子
still wanted the same rights enjoyed in the United States and in Britain.
向往擁有美國人和英國人那樣的權利的事實表示不滿

Nicholas the First took this repressive approach a step further by finding militaristic solutions to Russia's problems.
尼古拉一世通過用軍國主義手段解決俄國問題更進一步走向了反動
Wherever authority was threatened, Nicholas was only happy, too happy in fact, to send money and even Russian troops.
每當統治權受到威脅時,尼古拉總是很樂意,實際上是非常樂意,輸送金錢,甚至是軍隊
4. Official nationality. Coming to the throne on the heels of the December 1825 Revolution,
4.官方民族主義,在十二月黨人革命之后便緊接著登上皇位
Nicholas' militaristic fixation on holding order can be understood.
尼古拉下定決心要牢握軍權的想法是可以被理解的
Yet the policy of official nationality set forth by his education minister in 1833 only made Russia's problems worse.
1833年,由他的教育部部長提出的官方民族主義對解決俄國問題實際上是火上澆油